New Delhi, April 22 — Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday underscored the supremacy of the Indian Parliament and the democratic accountability of elected leaders, invoking the historical precedent of the 1977 general elections held after the Emergency.
Speaking at an event organized by Delhi University, Dhankhar said, “A prime minister, who imposed Emergency, was held accountable in 1977. Therefore, let there be no doubt about it — Constitution is for the people and it’s a repository of safeguarding it.”
He emphasized that elected representatives are the ultimate custodians of the Constitution. “They are the ultimate masters as to what Constitution content will be,” he noted, reinforcing the idea that the will of the people, as expressed through Parliament, is central to the functioning of Indian democracy.
“There is no visualisation in Constitution of any authority above Parliament. Parliament is supreme and that being the situation, let me tell you, it is as supreme as every individual in the country,” he added.
The Vice-President’s remarks come at a time when debates around institutional authority and constitutional interpretation have taken centre stage, with Dhankhar reiterating the foundational democratic principle that power flows from the people to their elected representatives.
